At The Edge of the Universe, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.
The Astounding, the Amazing and the Unknown by Paul Malmont
It’s 1943 and World War II is going strong. There are rumors that the Nazis and the Japanese may be about to unleash a deadly secret weapon against America and people are afraid. But America may be able to create some secret weapons of its own, and who better to imagine and design them than the smartest science fiction writers of the age? So, under the direction of John W. Campbell (editor of the SFF magazines Astounding and Unknown), the Navy recruits Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, and L. Ron Hubbard to turn their imaginations into scientific discoveries.
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At The Edge of the Universe, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.
The Astounding, the Amazing and the Unknown by Paul Malmont
‘“Oh, my god,” Reinhart said, in a low, horror-struck whisper, as de Camp help up a pair of familiar thick-rimmed glasses for all to see. “You’ve vaporized Isaac Asimov!”’
About two-thirds of the way through Paul Malmont’s “secret history” novel about giants of the pulp science fiction world engaged in a classified World War II mission, I had a sad realization. I am too old for this book. I don’t mean that this book is intended for children or young adults, and I don’t mean that the writing is immature. Malmont is an able writer who is clearly passionate about the material he covers in Read More
More speculative fiction from Paul Malmont
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril — (2006) Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Take a journey back to the desperate days of America post the Great Depression, when the country turned to the pulp novels for relief, for hope and for heroes. Meet Walter Gibson, the mind behind “The Shadow”, and Lester Dent, creator of “Doc Savage”, as they challenge one another to discover what is real and what is pulp. The two writers are rivals, locked in a feud so bitter that not even the untimely death of fellow writer H P Lovecraft looks likely to bring about a reconciliation. But when Lovecraft’s aunt reveals the existence of a secret that may have led to her nephew’s death Gibson is caught up in an encounter with a very sinister nightwatchmen, whilst Dent and his wife soon discover that a mysterious golden statue may be about to bring them some very bad luck. And over from China there is a former warrior whose determination to vanquish his old enemy may be about to bring death to them all… “The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril” is a swash-buckling, breathtaking, romantic epic of magic and love, marriage and fatherhood, ambition and loss, and writers who never forget their deadlines, even when facing the end of the world. In its pages is a tale that deftly weaves the lives of its real life characters into a lie of outrageous proportions that just may tell the truth, but is always thrillingly, unapologetically pulp.
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